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SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does special court-martial mean? 

SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL (noun)
  The noun SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL has 1 sense:

1. a court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officersplay

  Familiarity information: SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("special court-martial" is a kind of...):

court-martial (a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law)


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